Rhianna Hohbein, Ph.D. is a Science Officer with the Disaster Resilience Initiative at the California Council on Science and Technology. Rhianna received her doctorate in Integrative Conservation in Forestry and Natural Resources from the University of Georgia. Her dissertation research focused on environmental governance and the effects of interinstitutional collaboration on the conservation of spectacled bears in Colombia.
Prior to joining CCST, Rhianna worked as a postdoctoral associate on a transdisciplinary partnership between the University of Georgia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to advance the science behind natural infrastructure. Rhianna completed her BS in Ecology and Conservation Biology at the University of Idaho.